Bill Text: TX HB1096 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the registrar.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-24 - Not again placed on intent calendar [HB1096 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1096-Comm_Sub.html
By: Murphy, et al. | H.B. No. 1096 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; | ||
May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State | ||
Affairs; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of a | ||
response to a confirmation notice sent by the registrar. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 15.052(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The official confirmation notice response form must: | ||
(1) provide spaces for the voter to include all of the | ||
information that a person must include in an application to | ||
register to vote under Section 13.002; [ |
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(2) describe the requirements of Section 15.054, | ||
provide a space for the voter to indicate if the voter is exempt | ||
from those requirements, and provide a space to indicate the reason | ||
for an exemption, if any; and | ||
(3) be postage prepaid and preaddressed for delivery | ||
to the registrar. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 15.053(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a | ||
confirmation notice is mailed, the voter shall submit to the | ||
registrar a written, signed response to the notice that confirms | ||
the voter's current residence. The response must contain: | ||
(1) all of the information that a person must include | ||
in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002; and | ||
(2) evidence that the voter's residence address is | ||
established in compliance with Section 15.054 or an indication that | ||
the voter is exempt from those requirements. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 15, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 15.054 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 15.054. RESIDENCE FOR PURPOSES OF CONFIRMATION NOTICE | ||
RESPONSE. (a) For purposes of Section 15.053, a person's residence | ||
is established at the first residence address, beginning with | ||
Subdivision (1) and continuing through Subdivision (6), in the | ||
following list that is applicable to the person: | ||
(1) the address stated on a driver's license issued to | ||
the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired | ||
or, if the person has notified the department of a change of address | ||
under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, the new address | ||
contained in the notification; | ||
(2) the address stated on a personal identification | ||
card issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that | ||
has not expired or, if the person has notified the department of a | ||
change of address under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, the | ||
new address contained in the notification; | ||
(3) the address stated on a license to carry a | ||
concealed handgun issued to the person by the Department of Public | ||
Safety that has not expired or, if the person has notified the | ||
department of a change of address under Section 411.181, Government | ||
Code, the new address contained in the notification; | ||
(4) an address corresponding to a residence at which | ||
the person receives mail; | ||
(5) the address the person claims as a homestead in | ||
this state; or | ||
(6) the registration address of a vehicle the person | ||
owns. | ||
(b) A person whose residence in this state has no address | ||
may establish residence under this section by executing an | ||
affidavit stating that the person's residence in this state has no | ||
address, providing a concise description of the location of the | ||
person's residence, and delivering the affidavit to the registrar | ||
with the person's response to the confirmation notice. | ||
(c) The address described by Subsection (a)(4) may not be a | ||
commercial post office box or similar location that does not | ||
correspond to a residence. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) a person who is a member of the armed forces of the | ||
United States or the spouse or a dependent of a member; | ||
(2) a person enrolled as a full-time student at an | ||
institution of higher education; | ||
(3) a person whose address is confidential under | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(4) a federal judge, state judge, or spouse of a | ||
federal or state judge whose driver's license includes the street | ||
address of a courthouse under Section 521.121, Transportation Code; | ||
or | ||
(5) a peace officer whose driver's license omits the | ||
officer's actual residence address under Section 521.1211, | ||
Transportation Code. | ||
(e) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a person who holds a | ||
commercial driver's license under Subchapter C, Chapter 522, | ||
Transportation Code. | ||
(f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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